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The ALPHA 500 UNIVERSAL carpet weaving machine has been developed for customers that produce a wide variety of carpet qualities, with different carpet sizes up to 5.3 m weaving width.

This weaving machine is Stäubli's answer to today's market requirements such as rapid design changes and sophisticated weave structures. With a wide array of standard features, it delivers very high flexibility in terms of application and patterning.

Advantages

Up to 92 colour combinations can be realized on an 8 frame machine due to the possible double and triple point technique.

Depending on the reed density up to 16 colours are possible.

High densities and carpets with up to 2 mio. points/sqm can be produced.

Up to 33,792 pile threads by combining four Jacquard machines on the top

The system offers exceptional operational reliability

Main characteristics

ALPHA 500 UNIVERSAL

Functional principle

Double rapier system with take-over on the top, direct drive technology

Control

1 centralized controller

Shed formation of pile yarn

Jacquard machine LX2493, number of pile threads from 6,720 up to 33,792 by combining up to 4 machines